Subverting the AlgorithmWorkshop given at the 2014 Allied Media ConferenceDetroit, MICo-organized and facilitated with Gabi Schaffzin

Algorithms written into the software code permeate nearly every aspect of human existence and replicate the powers of their creators. Using texts about the pervasiveness of algorithms, participants will propose technologies of resistance to organize communities against these forces that inhibit us from determining our own destinies or shaping our own identities, as individuals and in community. We hope to emphasize research and collaboration strategies for envisioning technologies of resistance, creating space for a dialogue about the ways in which the algorithm shapes life.